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Patches Update

i have a solaris 10 sparc and solaris 10 x86. Neither one sems to have enogh space in the var directory. iIwant to download the 10 Recommended patches on both server. Can I launch the patches in a different location or does it has to be in the /var /patches directory? Thanks for your assistance

Hello
you can download the patch in any dir you have room,if there is not enough
space to unzip it. once you boot up in single user mode you can mount /tmp
copy over there an unzip it
1. Copy the .zip file now in /var/tmp/patches, do NOT inflate it right now
2. Boot server in single user mode during the change window
3. Manually mount /tmp, as it usually does not get mounted for Solaris10 in single user mode (# mount /tmp)
4. Inflate .zip file into /tmp (# cd /tmp; unzip -q /var/tmp/patches/10_Recommended.zip)
5. cd /tmp/10_Recommended
6. ./install_cluster
and way you go....

When I followed your instruction , the space is full.
Any suggestion?
Claude Mackey
System Engineer
Akimeka, LLC/ACSAP
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It looks like you need a larger boot disk. Look into locating larger disks
to move your OS onto, and get them installed / attached to the server,
create a much larger /var, or per Sun's recommendations, use a single
slice. Use LiveUpgrade to copy your slices to the new disk, when done
making changes to ensure it is bootable, patch the new OS, when you have
your downtime scheduled, make the new disk your active Boot Environment and
boot. If you have Sun Maintenance, they can provide a step by step
instruction for you to follow, and if needed, provide onsite support from a
solaris support engineer.
Douglas Pavey
Sr Unix Administrator
Dedicated, strategic, adept troubleshooter, mentor, counselor
Working to make the world better than I found it.

Do you create this dir
/tmp
/var
/
which one in the single user mode?
Claude Mackey
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Akimeka, LLC/ACSAP
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unzipping the file
Enclosed the following instruction
create a /var/tmp/patches
cp 10*.zip to /var/tmp/patches
init -s
# cd /var/tmp/patches; unzip -q /var/tmp/patches/10*.zip
# cd /var/tmp/patches/10*.zip
Space is FULL
#./install_cluster
Do I need to put this in another location or use the command
Claude Mackey
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Akimeka, LLC/ACSAP
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Thats wrong your still just unzipping it under /var/tmp/patches it needs to be unzipped under /tmp
you have to do it just as I have it here

1. Copy the .zip file now in /var/tmp/patches, do NOT inflate it right now
2. Boot server in single user mode during the change window
3. Manually mount /tmp, as it usually does not get mounted for Solaris10 in single user mode (# mount /tmp)
4. Inflate .zip file into /tmp (# cd /tmp; unzip -q /var/tmp/patches/10_Recommended.zip)
5. cd /tmp/10_Recommended
6. ./install_cluster

When I did it your command , the space gets FULL
I copied the 10*.zip into /u01/tmp/patch. This give me enough space for some reason. Is this is going to be a problem. I appreciate your assistance.
Claude Mackey
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Akimeka, LLC/ACSAP
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When I download the 10*.zip, the /var directory was at 95%.
Any suggestion? Thanks for your assistance.
Claude Mackey
System Engineer
Akimeka, LLC/ACSAP
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It filled the /tmp directory from 16% to 100%. I am trying to delete some files now. If not I guess I will have to unzip in the U01 directory Is that is going to be a problem ? Thanks for your assistance.

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